Till Erdmann

Till Erdmann (2 June 1778-5 February 1814) was a Colonel of the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. Erdmann commanded a regiment of German Fusiliers, and was mortally wounded in the 1814 Defense of France campaign during the Battle of Chatillon-sur-Seine.

Biography
Till Erdmann was born in Bad Ischl, Austria, in 1778. He joined the army in 1795 and fought against the French Revolutionary Army in the Austrian Netherlands during the French Revolutionary Wars. Erdmann became a colonel in 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, commanding German Fusiliers. In 1814 his regiment invaded France in the Battle of Chatillon-sur-Seine, where he was gunned down alongside hundreds of his men.